Boxplot: Distribution of Number of Items per Order by Day of the Week

plot_ly(
  items_per_order, 
  x = ~factor(order_dow, levels = 0:6, 
              labels = c("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", 
                         "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday")),
  y = ~total_items, 
  type = "box", 
  boxpoints = "outliers", 
  marker = list(size = 3, color = 'lightblue')
) %>%
  layout(
    title = "Distribution of Number of Items per Order by Day of the Week",
    xaxis = list(title = "Day of the Week"),
    yaxis = list(title = "Number of Items per Order")
  )

Histogram: Distribution of Orders by Hour of the Day

plot_ly(hourly_orders, x = ~order_hour_of_day, type = "histogram",
        marker = list(
          color = 'hotpink',     
          line = list(color = 'darkblue', width = 1)
        ),
        hovertemplate = "Hour: %{x}<br>Orders: %{y}") %>%
  layout(
    title = "Distribution of Orders by Hour of the Day",
    xaxis = list(title = "Hour of the Day"),
    yaxis = list(title = "Number of Orders"),
    bargap = 0.1
  )